Chapter 273: Paid Work?

As the two strange figures went deeper, the long street returned to that deathly silence.

There was silence in the depths of the long street that swallowed up all the residents, the trio's car, and the two strange figures, like a monster crawling in the darkness, easily swallowing up the darkness as well.

Gilder looked along the end of the dark long street, trying hard to open his old eyes to see through the curtain of night and discover the truth of the matter...

The underground of Long Street is far from quiet as it seems on the surface.

"Tell me! Do you want to do something for our boss?"

"Do it! Do it! I already told you that I'm going to do something for our boss! Stop hitting me..." The man's nose was bruised and his face was swollen. He just hugged the other person's thigh and couldn't stop wailing.

"You've been beating me for a long time! I said I'm willing to do things for the boss, don't you understand? I'm going to do it! Tell me what you want me to do! I'll do it right now!"

However, the man who asked the question did not dare to respond. He just turned his head cautiously and looked behind him with the same trembling body. The man half lying on the peeling red-brown sofa there was the one who could really decide everyone's fate.

Wallis laughed in a low voice, as if his throat was full of phlegm.

Half lying on the sofa, he stared sideways at the two parties who were being "tortured". Although he was smiling, there was no smile on his face, only endless coldness.

Beneath the coldness was a deep rage brewing beneath the surface of the ocean.

The protruding mechanical prosthetic eye flashed a dazzling red light, as if blood was flowing under his feet.

The boss is angry...

The little brother was guided by silent instructions.

The young man who asked the question held a whip in his hand, turned around and slapped the fallen man on the face with another whip.

"You are insincere! Let you be insincere! You are not willing to do things for our boss at all!"

"Pah! Pah!"

One whip after another…

"I do...I do..."

The space spread, and the entire empty underground space was filled with the sound of whips hitting the flesh.

"Tell me! Why don't you do something for our boss?"

"Let you have a tough mouth! Let you have a tough mouth!"

The orange warm light was swaying around, and the messy beating sounds turned into a crazy piece of music for a while.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Wallis, who was half lying on the sofa, suddenly covered his forehead and laughed uncontrollably.

not a single one!

not a single one!

Not only are the people he lured here unwilling to do things for him, but even his original subordinates are also unwilling to do things for him.

Don't want to!

Not even willing!

all fake!

Even his closest confidants who have been with him for the longest time have never truly followed him!

They just surrender to their own power! Surrender to your own power! Surrender to your own cruelty!

But the one who surrenders is never himself!

It's all fake!

Only those bounty hunters!

Those weird bounty hunters! They are the ones who really do things for themselves.

As long as they are given a certain amount of remuneration, they can work wholeheartedly for themselves and work hard without any complaints.

Even the benefits I get from them are far greater than what I pay for them!

Why? Why can't the world be full of people like this?

Only them...only them...

Thank God for giving me these eyes that can see through illusions.

After living for so many years, I finally discovered what I should pursue.

Only in an occasional moment, a "regret" voice in Wallis's heart expressed doubt——

Do I really deserve everything I have gained now?

This power fills the palms of your hands...

This power that thousands of people surrender to...

This insight into people’s hearts…

Shouldn't I be so greedy back then?

Even the bounty hunters who work for him find ways to harvest their wealth in the name of bracelets...

Why did they agree?

Wallis lowered his head suddenly, going from laughing wildly to freezing in just a moment.

The weak voice that sounded in my heart lasted for less than a breath.

Facts have proved that everything I am now is right!

These people around me...are all traitors!

"Click da da da da~"

Strange sounds suddenly approached from a distance. Wallis, whose ears were now extremely sensitive, moved his ears lightly and heard the unexpected movement immediately.

outsider?

Or are those bounty hunters back?

There were folds of loose skin on both sides of his lower lip, and Wallis suddenly felt happy.

Not long after, some of the men who were guarding the ground outside hurried in.

"Boss! Boss! It's those bounty hunters! They're back with what you want!"

"Oh~" A sincere smile finally appeared on Wallis's face, "Bring them in quickly!"

"yes!"

…

The five people who walked into the underground hall frowned visibly.

In fact, while waiting in the room on the ground, they had already heard the noisy sound mixed with wailing coming from the underground. But when they came underground in person, they discovered that things might be more cruel than they imagined.

As far as the eye can see, this empty hall that was originally filled with all kinds of debris is now filled with human figures in the corners.

Standing... lying...

Visible beads of sweat dripped down from their faces... not only those lying on the ground wailing, but also those thugs wielding whips had sweat all over their foreheads.

Everyone was wet, as if they had just been fished out of the water.

Hot?

Of course it was hot.

Orange lights were lit everywhere in the underground hall, and the glowing tubes released a lot of heat radiation.

In the hazy warm orange light, even the air seemed to be distorted, and the entire underground hall was like a steamer, unbearable.

But the five newcomers did not feel too much heat.

Compared to the heat, it seemed that there was something else that made everyone except the figure sitting on the sofa feel...fear.

Because of fear, they were nervous, so their heart rate increased, so their pores contracted, so...sweating profusely.

Including the thugs who were acting as perpetrators.

The object of their fear was obviously the figure sitting alone on the sofa-Wallis.

‘Is it a show of power? ’

Dai Lian had this thought in his mind, but he rejected it immediately.

They had come here last time, and although the leader in front of them also had a certain prestige, he was not so frightening.

At least his subordinates should not be like this.

Did something happen that he didn't know about, so that he was so cruel that even his subordinates had such a deep fear of him?

But so what?

It has nothing to do with him and others.

They just came here to hand in a task. Whether everyone shared the prize pool or one person got all the experience, it didn't make much difference to them.

The experience of the prize pool task may be considerable, but this wave can't determine the rhythm of the game in the future.

It's just a task.

"We brought back the treasure you wanted." Dai Lian stood half a step in front of the others, "It's in the car above."

As the brain of the team, he would come forward to deal with NPCs in collective actions.

Wallis raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and slowly stood up from the sofa, with a strange tone, "Don't say that about my children, you are my treasures. I am very happy to see you come back."

Kuang Xin frowned, feeling a little sick.

Hard! Fists hardened!

Who the hell is your treasure?

Wallis didn't take the disgusted expressions on the faces of the other four people except Dai Lian seriously, but continued to perform his own performance, "What about the other children? Didn't they come back with you?"

Are you talking about other players who took the prize pool task together?

Ask them what to do?

The doubt flashed in his mind, Dai Lian considered the words and answered carefully, "We completed the task together and came back together, but the speed is different. The slow one may still be on the way, and the fast one should have arrived."

The vehicle they drove was not very fast because it carried five people and task items. The brothers with fast feet should have returned to the vicinity of Blackwater City earlier than them.

"Why don't they come to see me?"

"..." Dai Lian was slightly stunned, and answered helplessly, "They didn't complete the task, and they feel ashamed to come to see you."

"Hahaha! Don't be so polite! I want to see them! I want to see all my children!" Wallis stared at Dai Lian with his protruding mechanical eye that was emitting red light and his normal eye at the same time, his eyes full of expectation, "Can you find them for me?"

Wallis paused while speaking, and emphasized again, "Of course, in order to ensure that you can fulfill your promise, before you find them for me, you need to pledge something?"

The evil mechanical eye was circling around the five people, and asked in a leisurely tone, "What do you think is a good pledge?"

The circling gaze finally fell on Gong Yan, "How about leaving this little girl with me? I promise that I will raise her to be plump and white! She will be my most outstanding daughter!"

[Trigger the side quest - Find companions. 】

[Find companions: Your employer is very worried about all the "children" who are performing tasks for him. As companions who are performing tasks together, you have the obligation to ensure the safe return of all companions. Task requirements: Find all companions who are performing "Reward Pool Task - Recover Creation" together within the limited time 0/1. Task completion reward: -300 Blackwater coins, -100 combat/general experience points; task failure reward: -600 Blackwater coins, -200 combat/general experience points (countdown: 4 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds)] (Hint: Please note that you need to mortgage a "hostage" to accept this task. If the task fails, the "hostage" will encounter a special plot.)

"..."

Negative?

NM has to pay money and experience for doing tasks for NPCs?

Paid work? So familiar...

The five people who saw the task pop up on the panel couldn't help but look at each other, and their eyes were full of "I've seen it all before".

"This is too outrageous..."

"Maybe we have encountered some extraordinary quest chain?"

Gu Lan is well-informed. She has experienced many games and has been in-depth in them. In fact, she has seen a lot of deep game content that ordinary players will never have the chance to experience in their lifetime.

It is not uncommon to have a quest chain that deducts experience and money at the beginning and then returns it in multiples.

Once completed, the reward is so generous that it is unimaginable.

Besides, it’s a game after all… How can a game let players lose money?

Do you still want to make games?

The mission is a bit strange, but… maybe you can give it a try?

Gu Lan’s eyes showed a bit of eagerness to try.